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Jettchen Gebert - Softcover

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Synopsis

This book is a compassionate venture into the lives of Berlin's elderly during the 1930s, telling the stories of a family of sisters who met their untimely end in a Nazi concentration camp. It draws on rare archival material and offers a unique perspective on how lives of happiness and privilege could be forever extinguished. Weaving together personal narrative with a wider socio-political context, the author paints a vivid picture of a specific time and place, demonstrating how it mirrored a larger transformation in German identity and morality. Through the lens of this family's history, the book explores themes of loss, resilience, the growing plight of Jewish families, and the devastating effects of a totalitarian regime.

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